Rope-splicing tool or implement.



No. 782,120. PATBNTED FEB. 7, 1905. W. FLOYD.

ROPE SPLIGING TOOL 0R IMPLEMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9. 190a.

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PATENT OFFICE.

TVILLIAM FLOYD, OF PLAINSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

ROPE-SPLICING TOOL OR IIVIPLEIVI ENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,120, dated February 7, 1905,

Application filed July 9 1903. Serial No. 164,833.

To 117/- u-Zmm. it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FLOYD, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainsville, in the county of Luzerne and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Rope-SplicingTool or Implement,of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to means for splicing textile cables or ropes; and it'has for its object the provision of an implement whereby this work may be performed with greater facility and more expeditiously and satisfactorily than heretofore.

The invention consists of the device illustrated in the drawings, forminga part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a top view of the invention, and Fig. 2 is a side view thereof.

The same symbols of refe renee designate the same parts or features, as the case may be, wherever they occur.

The work of splicing textile ropes and eables consists in taking the ends of the strands of one end of a cable and intertwining or intertwisting them with the strands of the other end in such manner that the interwoven or united ends will be substantially the same in appearance and structural effect as the strands laid up in other parts of the rope, only that the spliced part will be enlarged. The ends will be tucked in, so that the rope will be smooth. 'ith this understanding full knowledge of the implement and its uses may be quite nearly gained by a glance at the drawings, in whieh 10 indicates a sharpened pin constituting one end of the device, which is provided with an eye 11, open, as at 12, at its inner end. The pin has an extended shank 13, with a cross-bar 13 at the opposite end to assist in its manipulation and which may properly be termed the handle. A part 14 is pivoted upon the handle and conforms in part to the handle in form and position, so as to constitute a substantial part thereof. The forward end 15 of the part 14 is so formed that it may be shut down on the opening 12 of the eye 11 and close it or be removed to open it.

In use the pin 10 may be thrust between the twisted or laid-up strands of the end of a rope or cable, and the end of a loose strand of the opposite cable may be laid into the eye 11 through the opening 12 and the cover 15 closed down over said opening, when said strand may be drawn back through the opening formed by the pin and the strand released and the operation repeated until the said strand is made to take the exact place in the splice desired. By taking hold of the handle 13, with the shank 14 extending between the lingers of the hand, the device can be used as a belayingpin to give shape and solidity to the splice. Instead of using the implement to draw the ends of the strands through between the laidup strands of the other end by closing the eye with a strand therein the latter may be tucked into proper place. The eye may be closed or opened and the implement used to draw strands through between other strands or to tuck the same or ends into place, and, as suggested, it may be excellently employed as a belaying device to make uneven places smooth, &c. Thus much of the diflicult and hard manual labor of splicing with a pin alone is obviated.

Of course the form and arrangement of parts may be varied without departing from the nature or spirit of the invention.

I elaiml. A rope-splicing tool or implement embodying in its construction a pin provided with an open eye and having a handle, combined with an eye-cover movably connected with the handle, and adapted to be manipulated to cover or uncover the opening to the eye, substantially as set forth.

2. A rope-splicing tool or implement embodying in its construction a pin provided with an open eye and having a shank and handle, combined with an eye-cover pivoted upon the shank, and adapted to be manipulated to cover or uncover the opening to the eye, substantially as set forth.

In witness whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

l VILLIAM FLOYD.

\Vitnesses:

LESTER HARRIS, ROLAND BELL. 

